. >>> a girl living with autism wins homecoming queen in burlington county >> and penn state fans areinging after a last minute lost to rival ohio state >>> storm tracker 6, the heavy rains are on the way, i'll have the teaming for you when the heavy rain moves in and out. it's all coming up in the seven-day forecast right after this. >>> a tornado was caught on a tell cam as it formed in west palm beach florida from cuba into the southernmost part of the state up to four inches of rain winds up to 40 miles per hour were reported in west palm beach. there were no injuries reported but hundreds were left in the dark after the power was knocked out. >>> and this is damage from the storms in benoit ton beach, awnings ripped off mobile homes, entire roof was torn off at least one and another had windows blown out. no injuries fortunately have been reported. >>> of course, we're remembering the five year anniversary of super storm sandy >> we got a pretty good storm on the way on this five year anniversary, we will start you out way quick look at our center city skyline. right now everythi

kick off for the friday night homecoming game in just about an hour. washington township hosting cherokee here in south jersey. obviously everyone is excited about the homecoming festiviti festivities. but i have to tell you, people are still talking about an incident involving racist text messages. >> the initial response to the incident was anger but students opted for peaceful protests to bring attention to the racist text messages and the use of the n word on social media. school administrators held an emergency meeting last night with parents. student leaders and the local naacp. this was the third isn't a stripping of incidents that ignited racial tensions in the region. the others members of the cross country team at coatesville high were reprimanded for having a black doll in locker room and there was also another incident with pumpkins carved with kkk and swastikas. today, coatesville students walking out in protest. >> elsewhere at a high school football game in quakertown middle school students were accused of throwing rocks at a bus and sho

perfect weather for homecoming. eileen: a lot of people getting down to the campus to get the festivities started. friday with temperatures that are cool, not quite cold. .7 in waldorf temperatures this afternoon climbing to the mid-70's. i will show you your hourly forecast for the football game and the parade, but also a look at the marine corps marathon. julie: road closures can be found out on our new news app. loop of the capital beltway coming from virginia to maryland, the crash year on the american legion bridge. -- the here on the american legion bridge. delays from cabin john towards the dulles toll road. seventeenth street is closed off until 4:00. that is between constitution avenue and independence avenue. 210, a crash before old fort road south. coming up, we will let you know how slow the right is on the west ride. autria: trump is going on the offensive, taking aim at the congresswoman who criticize the way he spoke to the widow of a fallen soldier. adrianna:'s chief of staff has come to his defense.

washington township high school students are trying to put the problem aside and come together for homecoming. that's where we find fox 29's joanne pileggi with the story. joanne? >> reporter: dawn, game over at washington township high.& no trouble, no incidents a day after students protested after someone made racist comments on social media. ♪ >> reporter: if there was lingering tension over a racist message on social media, you couldn't tell here at the homecoming game at washington township high in gloucester county tonight. >> like we addressed it, people saw that we were upset about it. so we got our point across. >> people in this school really took offense it to and as you can see that's why we had to protest because just people need to like calm down witness bad languages like we use now a days. >> reporter: school officials called an emergency meeting last night after a fight broke out at the sprawling south jersey high school. a fight precipitated by a social media message using the n word with reference to bringing back the kkk. students involved were disciplined and administrato

this is the jv game on homecoming night. this has been a big week and a nice attempt to get back to normal in fire-ravaged napa valley. it began tonight with the homecoming parade. downtown st. helena looking good today. we had the fire trucks out, all the first responders were there as well getting a big thank you because they did the yeoman's work of getting the town say. even if things won't completely get back to normal in napa valley for a long time, we can celebrate the normalcy of a fun week celebrating st. helena high school and high school football which is going on right now. current conditions outside, it is cooling down in san francisco after a high of 82. we are down to 65. san jose at 80 degrees, livermore at 83, concorde 83 as well,, beach hazard statements, swells running high up to 10 feet. increased risk of sneaker waves and currents. the surf will be a bit rougher than normal on saturday and sunday at the area beaches. 40 degrees in santa rosa. 52 degrees and livermore tonight. satellite radar review, ridg

howard homecoming tomorrow, looking good! around 76. you with watch the game at 1:00 on newschannel8. marine corps marathon sunday morning. middle 50's when they start and finish up in the lore 70's. great time to download the storm watch weather app. humid monday ahead. upper degrees. cold prop on tuesday. that is going to bring us next chance for wet weather. cooler temperatures around 60 on thursday. waking up friday in the district. temperatures in the middle 40's. nancy: still ahead at 4:00, giving back to her community before hitting high school. the overwhelming response to the young girl's call and how it will help hurricane victims. nancy: plus, future in question. whether filing for bankruptcy right before the holiday shopping season. what does it mean for shoppers? we have the answer nancy: welcome back. smithsonian has a new item. melania trump donated the gown she wore to the inaugural ball. it will be added to first ladies' collection. amendment months after the -- amy: months after the ball, it's a gown still getting atte

the school's annual homecoming festival starts at noon. rick ross is headlining. >>> and this homecoming is extra special, because ouhoward is turning 150 years old. you're looking at the excitement of the kickoff pep rally earlier this week. tomorrow is the homecoming smart watch, you'll want to pay attention to a warning from consumer groups. >> the groups are urging a federal agency to investigate whether the devices are vulnerable to hackers. nbc explains why. >> a wearable mobile phone for kids. >> reporter: smart watches for kids, meant in part to give parents peace of mind, but some could be putting children at risk. that's prompting a call for the federal trade commission to investigate. >> these are devices that parents can use to keep in touch with their kids and track their locations. and what the norwegian consumer council found about privacy and security was really disturbing. >> reporter: seven consumer advocacy groups addressed the concerns in a letter to the ftc saying flaws discovered by the norwegian research could be unl

"news4's" david culver has their story very homecoming season.getting dressed up for a night of dancing. >> i didn't bring any suitcase because we didn't know. >> you have no suitcase with the dance adriana and her brother sebastien showed up. they fled home in puerto rico or what's left. >> when i went over, i saw my house, the trees falling down. >> reporter: through their step dad they were able to relocate in loudoun county and enroll where they knew no one. the principal got word. >> they came to me and said i want to make sure they get to homecoming. >> reporter: she turned to her daughter a senior. >> i said, okay, we're taking them to homecoming. i texted out all of my friends. >> reporter: suddenly several choices for clothing and what's two more added to the group. >> and it's not stopped there. other students makingas >> even from driving them to school to taking them out for ice cream after school, they all jumped in. >> i think that's just kind of what we do as people, you know what i mean. when we see someone in need and we feel the

howard university homecoming on saturday around 76 degrees.corps marathon to start in the 60's with the highs that make it to 77. i wouldn't be surprised farther south andwess of us, maybe close to 80 degrees on sunday. then a warmer and a more humid day on monday. ahead of the front. upper 70's and cooler on tuesday with the clouds and the showers. temperatures and -- around thursday and friday in the low 20's with the nighttime lows in the 40's. great time to download the stormwatch7 weather app. even though we don't have severe weather on the way, you can track the temperatures when you wake up in the morning. if you are doing anything out there this weekend, gardening or checking out the fall color change, a great tool to have on hand. jonathan: all right. thanks. redskins have a big test on their hand monday. erin: so big. eagles are 5-1 and the redskins back in practice today. a day later than normal because they are at philly for monday night football this week. that extra day of rest was needed. several key players are banged up. josh

homecoming. rallies, tonight's dance, and saturday's game have all been postponed. >> students and staff health is our main concern. so we made a decision based on the air quality over the past few days to cancel school. >> reporter: the school on top of a hill 7 miles from downtown san jose is in a unique spot it see what the students would be breathing. >> definitely disappointed and missing out on the homecoming game on saturday. but there's definitely a lot of understanding the reason why we've made that decision. >> reporter: it was one of just a few schools in the santa clara valley region closed with dirty air. unified kept schools open today. but students were kept inside for breaks and outdoor athletic evens were canceled, including the homecoming game. >> everyone was looking forward to it. i asked this girl to the dance now we have to wait until they give us another date. >> reporter: the central coast athletic association moved the end of football season back to november 11th to accou

howard university is going to have a homecoming week. we have already, and will continue to plan a very safe event, and we had those resources already in play to do that. >> police said there was no everyday of a shooting, but they are still investigating this whole thing. there are homecoming events tonight, and for the rest of the week as howard celebrates university plans to add more security after this threat. >>> on capitol hill, a republican and a democrat say they found common ground on a short term solution to keep health insurance premiums from skyrocketing. mola langy reports from the white house tonight. >> reporter: two key senators say they've reached a breakthrough deal on a short term healthcare fix.  >> trying to take a small, limited bipartisan step that will avoid chaos, again, to keep premiums lower and make sure all americans have access to insurance. >> reporter: republican lamar alexander, and democrat patty murray hashed out an agreement that would keep federal payments flowing to health insurers after president

it's about a wonderful young lady named homecoming queen.title because she is beautiful inside and out. >> reporter: 17-year-old isbella's rodriguez has autism, who is now a senior, member of the choir and indoor color guard. it was a group of classmates that nominated her for homecoming queen and campaigned for her >> she deserved it more than anybody. >> bella is most kind hearted person i've ever known. >> reporter: she received her crown during homecoming. the big announcement was finally made. >> riverside homecoming queen, is a bella. >> she was nearly brought to tears. >> it's been really a blessing. i've been through a lot. it's just really a fun >> is a bella's mother and rest of her family were there. the family was planning to go out of town for the weekend until the principal called with the big news >> i love these kids. they do not have to do this. >> reporter: her friend say they did have to do it to give something to the one person who has always given of herself to everyone else. walter perez channel 6 action news. >>> wrong

howard university is going to have a homecoming week. we have already, and we will continue to plan a very safe event, and we had those resources already in play to do that. >> just the fact they responded this quickly, and this much force, shows they really take threats like this seriously. >> reporter: we do have to tell you that the school is also investigating a hate crime incident from over the weekend where a swastika and the number 666 were found written on the wall of a girl's bathroom on campus. right now, it's not clear if those two incidents are connected. we can tell you that home come of coming event on us still expected to happen tonight. police say if they do step up security, they're not going it make it public. reporting live tonight at howard university, michael quander, wusa9. >> a lot of people who care about howard watching this story closely. thanks michael. many of you found out what was going on on the wusa9 app. so download it now, and you can stay on top of breaking news 24 hours a day. >>> breaking news out of

and what's homecoming without a little football! howard takes on morgan state tomorrow and we'll be showing the game! watch it live starting at one o'clock on our sister station newschannel 8. here's a heartwarming story. a parent in stafford county wins a three brand new car.. but instead of taking the new ride - she instead asked the owner of the local nissan dealership to donate to the fundraiser for her child's autism program at conway elementary. they agreed - and today will present a check for 5-thousand dollars to the program. we'll be there in our 8-oclock hour when we switch over to newschannel 8. it's 5: and time for a check on weather. - sunny & warm through the weekend - orionid meteor shower - rain returns tuesday - another big temperature drop next week today: mostly sunny. cool start; warm afternoon. highs: 74-77 winds: nw 5-10 mph tonight: mainly clear and cool. lows: 43-53 winds: nw 5 to calm saturday: mostly sunny. warm. highs: 76-78 winds: se 5-10 mph comedian and former late night host david receive the mark twai

. >>> homecoming week celebration continues today at howard university. they're celebrating 150 years with parades, football game and annual yard fest. they have alumni that are so excited and filled with school pride. >> howard's legendary homecoming parade is back and kicks off at 10:00 this morning on georgia avenue. students are going to be showing school pride, wearingar game against morgan state this afternoon. students can't wait to have the celebration continue on. >> really love the experience. i never really encountered anything like this in my life. >> rappers rick ross and dougie fresh are among the headliners this year. if you want a kid friendly day, don't worry. there are yard fest games and activities geared toward children. head to the nbc washington app for more information on the events and possible road closures, as well. ♪ the flag was still there >>> something a lot of folks are going to be talking about today. a national anthem protest at an nba game. we're going to show you what makes this one stand out. >> came from a woman singin

>> the scene in southern california as a rabbit totally stole the show at last night's homecoming game between stanford and oregon. that robert got he faced no competition. when he crossed the line, stanford blew the horn just as it does when a team scores a touchdown. up next football night in ba america. lester hoelt will be back with you tomorrow. from all of us here at nbc news, have a great night. how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we'll keep -- oooooohhh! you stopped! you're gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. we have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. let's plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. prudential. bring your challenges. >>> tonight in denver, eli manning and the giants are in ser toarch of the first win of season while trevor siemian is looking to lead his team to victory on "sunday night football." >>> you ca

there's big homecoming weekend or it is a big homecoming weekend. everyone is really hyped, right? all right. >> i'm excited for them. >> whoo! >> 10:03 is the time right now. erin is back with what else is making h >> good morning. >> happy friday, right? let's get to the headlines. first up late night vote on capitol hill, congress past $4 trillion blueprint for promise tax cuts and reform. meanwhile white house steve of staff john kelly defended president trump's call to the widow of a fallen soldier. yesterday at the white house briefing kelly said the president did the best he could in one of the move challenging aspects of his job. >>> well, in the latest on the dead workplace shooting in edgewood, married a witness to the rampage says the suspect radee prince gathered small group much cork wes together to complain about the company advanced granite solutions before he open fire. meanwhile candlelight vigil was held last night outside the maryland state house in annapolis to honor the victims. as for radee prince, he's current until custody in delaware where he was captured h

it is homecoming at plymouth white marsh high school and these kids, they are excited. ♪ ♪ >>> better park your car on some philly streets this weekend. three and a half mile stretch of roads exclusively for pedestrians. in fact if you haven't moved your car yet you may want to do it. they're already towing. it's all part of the second annual philly fry streets event. >> philadelphia specifically it is a struggle because you know we don't really have that many bike lanes. >> dom skates to forty one northern liberties through old city every day. he calls his commute a struggle for survival. >> i hate lyft, uber and tax drivers because they're all going to one place. to their next stop. they're pretty disrespectful to skate borders. >> well, dom, on saturday, the buses, the cars, the traffic will all be gone at least temporarily. philly free streets is a one-day event where non-motorized travel rules the road. closed to vehicles, chestnut street in old city up third street over to fourth to germantown avenue and ending at fifth and indiana in north philly. >> they say there's too many c

zack were together for half an hour and that after they had sex zack left to meet friends at the homecoming parade. >> are you serious? >> so what have you been charged with? >> second degree sexual assault. of a child. >> and when you heard that, how did you feel? >> my heart dropped. i still think that this is all just a nightmare. >> when police came knocking, zack was home alone and waived his right to an attorney. an officer questioned him for ten minutes before booking him into milwaukee's county jail where zack was finally allowed to call him mother, carey. >> tell me about how you found out about the incident? >> my husband and i were coming back from a baseball game and i

kick off for the friday night homecoming game in just about an hour. hosting cherokee here in south jersey. obviously everyone is excited about the homecoming festiviti festivities. but i have to tell you, people are still talking about an incident involving racist text messages. >> the initial response to the incident was anger but students opted for peaceful protests to bring attention to the racist text messages and the use of the n word on social media. school administrators held an emergency meeting last night with parents. student leaders and the local naacp. this was the third isn't a stripping of incidents that ignited racial tensions in the region. the others members of the cross

tomorrow is homecoming and i think you're there at 8 a.m.omorrow. >> of course, topper. >> then we've got the marine corps marathon on sunday. we're showing that on sunday morning and next chance for rain is not until tuesday. a spectacular weekend to go out and do anything. i mean great for october, great for really any month. >> it's friends and family day at howard's tomorrow. so if i'm going, you're going with me. >> i'll pick you up. >> have a good night, everybody! >> frank, have a good run! oh, you yeah!ht butch. (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions. ve is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster dow

great homecoming king.great homecoming king. >>> this morning on "world news now," the massive fires burning across northern california. >> the fires devouring more than 2,000 homes and businesses, and sending thousands of people from their homes. there are new evacuation orders overnight and the weather forecast does not look good for fire crews. we have the very latest. >> plus new details in the scandal surrounding harvey weinstein. his wife is now weighing in as more a-list actresses claim he harassed and in some case abused them. hear what he plans to do mow. >>> and in puerto rico, facing a health care crisis. three weeks after hurricane maria struck the island, hospitals are desperately in need of medication and patients are not receiving needed treatment. >>> and i believe is that we will win, i believe that we will win! with world cup right around the corner, we'll take a look at what will happen, what didn't happen, what certainly won't happen as we break out our vuvuzelas for some football. >> fo

and it is homecoming weekends at delran. lot of folks out there, as the team get ready for tonight's big game. hi, jan! >> reporter: rahel, jim, good morning, i think this might be the biggest crowd we've her for a friday football frenzy. coming to you live from delran high school this morning where we have the football team, cheerleaders, student end body , i had to ask them to bring it down to level five, during the tease they blew me out. want to catch up with the football team. three seniors, weaver roy in the middle, cole and dom on the ends there. so guys, tell me, what are the keys to winning tonight? because burlington city is undefeated four and o. what do you have to do? >> burlington city definately great team, four and zero, it will be a challenge. but the coaches put in great game plan f we execute we can pull out a w tonight for the home crowd. >> awesome. homecoming weekend you might see a lot of guys in towing ands, that's their tradition. what would it mean for to you bring home the big win on homecoming wee

homecoming week officially kicks off at howard university. >> news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> and we start tonight with some of the coldest air we've felt in five months. >> yeah, it's an october reality check tonight. frost advisories in effect for many of us oefrpt. we saw a lot of you breaking out the jackets tonight. even a few folks with gloves on after the sun went down. let's get right to chief meteorologist doug kammerer in shirt sleeves in the storm center. what can we expect overnight, doug? >> going to be a cold one, guys. you mentioned the coldest night at least in the d.c. area since may 9th. that's the kind of cool air we have. already you're stepping outside, 46 degrees the cold temperature. 54 belvoire. many of the suburbs especially west of i-95 are going to get into the mid 30s and that's why we have a frost advisory in effect for tonight. upper montgomery county, parts of howard county. loudoun county, culpepper and everybody back to the west i do expect those numbers into the mid 30s. you may need to break out the ice scraper for your car in some locations. but ex

and a bit later, homecoming humor.looding devastated two texas families, but their teenagers are still going to the big dance thanks to a fun l i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with rid-x. ♪ >>> welcome back everyone. alex lemonade stand is near and dear to our hearts here at "eyewitness news", and today we had the chance to watch one of our lemonade stand heroes live live to the fullest. cole fitzgerald has a dream of working in the nfl but as "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan found out he's already honing his skills as manager on his high school football team. >> reporter: toughness and talent helped the washington township junior high if the ball team start the first half of their season undie feeted. like the body what's team without the heart? a neuroblastoma cancer survivor and born with, eighth grader cole under develope

it will their first homecoming. >> it's an experience. >> i remember my first homecoming.est but we have a couple of news thing. we're going to have alum talking about contemporary cop topics. we think is important to really make sure that we can engage alum. we have open houses in all the schools and colleges as well. >> you have the parade again. >> we have the parade again. we have the alumni fashion show again as well on sunday. lots of stuff. >> right now, you talked about the freshman class coming in and they're perhaps the best class you've ever had, right? >> it's very competitive to get in college now a days. it's also very competitive to get funding for college these days. how do you go about, um, making all of that happen? >> so you're absolutely right. it is a c for us as a private institution attracting the citizens we are attracting because you have a high academic achieving student coming from circumstance where their economics aren't the best. what we've been trying to do is make sure we give need based aid we really been pushing for students and their pare

she's also very, very shy. >> how do you get to be homecoming queen if you're shy? >> she's also just a very kind person, very gentle person. >> and as that yearbook shows, a star volleyball player, too. >> she could spike -- i mean, she's not that tall, but she could jump. >> jane soon met that other gifted athlete, dave laut, already well on his way to becoming one of the best shot putters in california. they began dating after high school, and sometimes let don, little laut, tag along. >> she was wonderful. she was fun. they just -- they got along so well. they loved each other. it was just neat. >> when they got married in 1980, jane's friend helen was a bridesmaid. >> going that morning of the wedding to jane's parents' house, and all the girls getting dressed up. and that was really fun. it was just sweet. and jane was quite excited. she looked gorgeous, beautiful. beautiful on her wedding day. >> he had her on a pedestal. he always said such wonderful things about her. >> this is don's wife, rebecca. >> we became very close. we'd talk maybe once, twice a week

>> reporter: synthetic turf field at homecoming.haritable donation donated to pay for it. >> it is unbelievable. >> being here, knowing the redskins had a hand in making some kids proud, the schools, the county and everybody involved proud. i think this is a big thing. >> reporter: news 4 told you about the old, muddy, overused field last june. head coach pbrian pierre. >> it's been a struggle over the years. >> i sprained my achilles and went to the hospital. >> fell on my head on straight dirt. no grass. >> reporter: according to a maryland house bill, the school was supposed to get a new artificial turf field. that didn't happen. this new one helps players run fast and cut, quickly changing direction. without worrying about getting hurt. >> this field is smooth, easy to run. >> reporter: northwestern ran over their opponent. final score, 34-10. this is the first varsity team, and it's homecoming night. shomari stone, news 4. >>> diet soda danger. coming up, a story that may have you thinking twice about your drink of choice. >> w

.>>> homecomings and, when's. the hopeful signs.>> there are more indications crews are getting a handle on the ferocious wildfires after a brutal week. the series of fires claimed 41 lives. the latest a cal fire contractor. killed today while driving a water truck that went off the road 102 people are listed as missing in sonoma and napa counties. 11,000 firefighters are still tackling the remaining fires burning in stubborn corners of rough terrain. >> cal fire has new containment numbers of the major northbay fires. the pocket fire is 45% contained. the tubs fire is 75% contained. the nuns fire is at 53% containment. the atlas fire is 70% contained.>> live coverage. bill martin is tracking position is meant to -- conditions. deborah is live in santa rosa. one hospital is carrying the load of 3.>>> first to jana in rutherford where the nuns fire is burning on a ridge behind world-famous vineyards.>> reporter: we are just outside the ingle winery. it is just down the road on highway 29. we have seen flames of the

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the homecoming parade and football game is tomorrow.py 150th to howard. >>> doug e fresh will be there. for you kids who don't know who it is, it's going to be a good show. >>> it's breast cancer awareness month as well. we're sharing a special story of survival this morning. it's great to hear the women who are going all out in support of breast cancer awareness. >> molettou talking to folks. the women gathered in ward 8 in d.c. all morning long for a really great cause. previewing this walk that's going on this weekend. >> reporter: absolutely. i'm amazed by how this community is just standing in solidarity. ward 8 going pink all week with so many activities to raise awareness and educate people about breast cancer and the fight particularly in this community. yes, it culminates with a walk tomorrow. i want to introduce you to alexis corbett. a young survivor. just in her early 30s. just finishing up your treatment. you wanted to send out a message this morning. >> yes. i want to point out that african-american women and hispanic wome